Clothes-boiling and canning stove



B- A. WRIGHT. CLOTHES BOILING AND CANNING STOVE. APPLICATIQN FILED ocT. 15. l9l9- RENEWED JAN. 4. 1922.

' Patented Feb. 14, 1922.

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BEDIE ALLICE WRIGHT, F 'I-IURDLE MILLS, NORTH CAROLlZNA.

I CLOTHES-BOILING AND GANNING srovn. r

Application filed. Qctober 15;-1s19, Serial naeso se. Reneeedmuar 4, 1922.

T 0 all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that LBnnIn ihLIlIIOE WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hurdle Mills, in the county of Orange, State of North Carolina, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes- Boiling and Canning Stoves; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in heating devices and particularly to devices for boiling clothes and for canning.

One object of the present invention is to provide a novel and improved device of this character which is simple in construction and efiicient in operation for the purpose of boiling clothes or for heating cans or jars of fruit or vegetables when canning or preserving.

Another object is to improve the construction of the receptacle for the clothes whereby said receptacle forms a detachable part of the stoves.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a front elevation of a stove made in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the same, partly broken away.

Figure 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the line 33 of Figure 2, through the stove and the water-back.

Figure 1- is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on theline 4 l of Figure 1.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents the four corner posts of the stove structure which are either solid or angle irons as clearly seen in Figure 2. Riveted to these posts are the outer side and bottom plates 11 of the stove. Riveted to the inner faces of the posts, and spaced from the plates 11 are the protecting inner plates 12 on which the fire is built and which are to receive the greater part of the heat of the fire. The air space between the walls 11 and 12 serve to prevent the transmission of any great amount of heat from the interior to the exterior of the stove. In the front wall of the stove there is formed an Specification of Letters Patent. Patented F b. 14 1922 serial No. 527mm. a

opening 13 in which-is arranged a hinged door 14 provided with a draft slide 15. Un

the upper part of one side of the stove there is secured a water-back 16, the top of which is closed by the two hinged lids 17, said water-back receiving heat from the fire through the medium of the adjacent side wall of the stove. V

In the upper portion of the back wall of the stove there is formed a vertically elongated opening 18, and secured to the outer face of this wall, and covering the opening is a downwardly tapering housing 19, the interior of which receives smoke and products of combustion from the interior'of the stove and delivers them to the smoke pipe 20 which is seated in a proper opening in the top wall of said housing.

Disposed removably within the stove is a large tank or pot 21, formed preferably of heat resisting metal, and formed integrally on the upper open end of the tank is a hori zontal flange 22, the same being rectangular in outline and disposed on the upper edges of the side walls of the stove, to form the top wall or plate thereof. The peripheral edge of this flange is turned down at an obtuse angle, as shown at 23, and is disposed outwardly of the outer wall plate of the stove. A depending rib 24: is formed on the lower face of the flange which is seated between the upper edge portions of the inner and outer walls of the stove when the pot or tank is properly disposed within the stove, whereby a complete closurafor the top of the stove is provided to prevent escape of smoke and gases, except through the stack. The stove as thus described serves the purpose of a clothes boiler the tank being filled with water and a fire built thereunder. When the device is to be used for canning purposes, the water which is placed in the tank is clean water, and suspended within the tank is a platform 25 on which the cans or jars of fruits or vegetables are laced and submerged in the hot water. ecured to diametrically opposite sides of the platform are the vertical supports 26 the upper end of each of which is formed with a hook 27 for engagement on the flange of the tank, whereby the platform is properly and firmly suspended within the water within the tank. An upwardly extending bail 28 is secured to the platform by means of which the same may be lowered into or lifted from the tank.

"he heated water in the water-back is adapted to be used for general will be understood.

The inner plates 12 are preferably formed from i'ust proof material.

What is claimed is:

A sheet metal stove comprising angular corner posts, side and bottom plates secured to the outer faces of the angular posts, side ztndbottom plates secured to the inner faces of the corner posts whereby air spaces are formed between said inner iand outer plates, at top platefor the stove havin'gia central depending receptacle formed therein, said top plate having a dependin flange secured between the upper edges of the lnner and in the presence of two witnesses.

BEDIE ALLICE WRIGHT. Witnesses: v

Tnos. D. TMMIM, J ENNIE MoDAnE. 

